First published in 1993, with a new and updated preface, this book is based on two years of intensive field study in Kruger National Park in South Africa. Ted Bailey examines leopard population characteristics, activity and habitat use patterns, movements, feeding ecology, and social organization, and provides new information on leopard mortality, scavenging, and relationships to other large predators and to humans. Illustrated with photographs, maps, graphs, charts, and tables. For professional wildlife biologists, ...
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First published in 1993, with a new and updated preface, this book is based on two years of intensive field study in Kruger National Park in South Africa. Ted Bailey examines leopard population characteristics, activity and habitat use patterns, movements, feeding ecology, and social organization, and provides new information on leopard mortality, scavenging, and relationships to other large predators and to humans. Illustrated with photographs, maps, graphs, charts, and tables. For professional wildlife biologists, students, and others concerned with the natural history of large carnivores. Ted Bailey is a retired Kenai National Wildlife Refuge wildlife biologist who has lived on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska for more than 27 years. He is an adjunct instructor at the Kenai Peninsula College. "Bailey has added a substantial and high-quality work." Science 1994 264:1004-1005 "The leopard remains an enigma in conservation. It is a difficult task for biologists and managers to balance their desires to protect such a species and also promote systems increasing the values people place on the species. It may be the mystery and chase that elevate the value of the trophy, be it fur or photographic. This book provides clues for many new mysteries around the leopard. J Wildlife Management 1995 59:191-192 "It represents simply the most comprehensive treatise on the leopard available to date." Julian C. Kerbis Peterhans, Center for Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, The Field Museum
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Very Good. Size: 7x0x10; 2005 reprint, Blackburn Press (Caldwell, New Jersey), 7 x 10 inches tall paperbound in glossy color pictorial covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, maps and charts, xviii, 429 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, with slight creasing to the lower tips. Otherwise, a near fine copy-clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP23~ [3.0P] First published in 1993, with a new and updated preface, this book is based on two years of intensive field study in Kruger National Park in South Africa. Ted Bailey examines leopard population characteristics, activity and habitat use patterns, movements, feeding ecology, and social organization, and provides new information on leopard mortality, scavenging, and relationships to other large predators and to humans. Illustrated with photographs, maps, graphs, charts, and tables. For professional wildlife biologists, students, and others concerned with the natural history of large carnivores. Contents: Kruger National Park and the leopard study areas; Study areas; Physiography; Seasons; Flora; Impact of humans on Kruger National Park; Study methods and response of leopards to humans; Live-trapping; Immobilization and identification; Radiotelemetry; Food habits; Census of prey; Vegetation analysis; Population estimate of leopards in Kruger National Park; Response of leopards to humans; Response of leopards to roads, tourism and development in Kruger National Park; Prey of leopards; Composition of prey communities; Numbers and composition of prey populations; Biomass of ungulates and prey of leopards; Ecological distribution of prey; Prey activity; Social organization of prey; Antipredator responses of prey; Leopard and other predators; Leopard population characteristics; Age classes; Size of leopards; Population composition; Population density; Reproduction; Mortality; Mortality rate; Leopard population regulation; Estimate of leopards in Kruger National Park. Activity and habitat use patterns of leopards; Nocturnal versus diurnal activity patterns; Forms of activity; Daily activity pattern; Factors influencing activity; Habitat availability; Leopard habitat use patterns; Movements and home ranges of leopards; Daily movements of leopards; Exploratory movements; Movement patterns and home ranges; Home range characteristics; Home range occupancy; Seasonal movement patterns; Feeding ecology of leopards; Hunting strategies; Hunting success; Method of killing prey; Behavior at kills; Feeding behavior; Scavenging; Diet of leopards; Kill rates; Consumption rates; Impact of leopard predation on prey populations; Social organization of leopards; Degree of sociality; Land tenure system; Spatiotemporal relationships among leopards; Communication among leopards; Territoriality; Other predators and their relationships to leopards; Spotted hyenas; Lions; Hunting dogs; Cheetahs; Lesser predators; Synthesis; Adaptable leopard: a synthesis; Ecological adaptations. Behavioral adaptations; Comparison of leopards to other large solitary felids; Conservation of leopards; Conservation issues; Conservation strategies; Future; Appendix A. Common and scientific names of wild mammals, birds, reptiles and fish mentioned in the text; Appendix B. Endangered and threatened classification of the leopard; Appendix C. Infanticide among leopards.
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